The History of Cereal

The exact date is not known, however this is the year that Granula came out, it was a Grape-Nuts type cereal that was popularized by the 1860s health movement. It was the first real cereal and was derived from grains. One had to soak it overnight for it to be edible.

1st Jan, 1867

Grape Nuts

Post produced this cereal which is still around today. It is made from tiny very hard nuggets of wheat and barley. It is the oldest commercially produced cereal still around today

1st Jan, 1875

Postum

Postum was the first product made by CW Post, the proprieter of a cereal company that is still popular today. Post was a student of John Kellogg who beleived that caffine was unhealthy so postum was developed from wheat germ and molassas as a healthful coffe substitute.

1st Jan, 1892

Shredded Wheat

Henry Drushell Perky and William Henry Ford, after much tinkering invent a machine that sucessfully shreds whole wheat to produce the cereal shredded wheat.